Custom sub box

I have had my tacoma for a week now and love it, just needs some bump. I started looking into sub boxes that fit behind the rear seats and they are pricy, 130+30 for shipping. So I decided to make my own. I built It out of 1/2" mdf, all joints are glued and nailed with 1-1/4" finish nails. Then just wrapped with some thin carpet I got from home depot. The Box will house 2 8" kicker comp subs. Going to run a mtx 500w amp, and going to replace stock deck with a double din USB deck. All parts coming from eBay, I'll post more pics as I go.

 

Looks good. Just make sure the 8's have the recommended air space. That box looks to be about .3 cubic +/- per side.

 

Thanks, I did the calculation, it's .88 cu foot, so .44 cu per sub, they recommend .5 per sub so I think it's close enough. I don't plan on pushing them to the max.

 

I was looking at these boxes from supercrewsound and they offer for 8" or 10" subs, same box just different cutout.
The air space Is only .65cu foot, most 10" subs require a minimum of 1cu foot... Has anyone used these boxes with a 10" with no issues?

I'll have to wait and see how mine sounds to know for sure but I think it should sound pretty good.

 

You can always add some poly fill.

 

Oh I plan too, it kinda tricks the speaker into thinking the box is bigger.

 

I built one similar to that box, but mine is .53 cubic feet. That includes the speaker. It sounds excellent!

 

Awesome, I can't wait to hear how mine sounds, I Think .44cu Is enough for a 8" sub

 

The airspace depends on the speaker. That's the reason I built mine .52. The minimum for my sub is .50.

 

Yeah the subs I got require .5cu as well, but I think .44cu with some poly fill should be fine.

 

I honestly had no idea the amp i purchased was this small It is a mtx td500.1d, the very limited reviews i find on it are good. The 2- 8" subs i will be running are 200w max and 100w rms, so that would be a combined 400w max, being this amp is a 500w I think it should be fine. The subs are 4ohm svc and I will be running them parallel for a final load of 2ohms.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=168135&stc=1&d=1346811506

 

Time for fun

 

Kickers mounted, amp fit perfectly in storage area. Now to setup my new deck and adjust gain.